There’s a ‘royal’ baby on the way, and it’s a girl! Loop Jamaica

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Social media influencers announce pregnancy, union, and more

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#TheRoyals are expecting

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Danar Royal and Kerry-Ann Collins had some wonderful news to share this weekend.

And they did so in the company of friends and family at an intimate gender reveal party.

The two, more popularly known by their social media monikers Dan Dan and Chiney K Pop Girl, announced several bits of information that was not public knowledge, despite having very public personas.

No, your eyes have not deceived you, they’re expecting a child.

The post left many followers speculating on a range of topics from the legitimacy of the news – whether it was a stunt or prank – to the authenticity of the pregnancy.

And, while some were surprised to learn that Collins is pregnant, others brought Royal’s sexual orientation into question.

The majority sent congratulatory messages, however, and several users took the opportunity to say they were already expecting the announcement.

Both Collins and Royal have commented in their own ways – him via IG story posts, and her with an actual baby bump video clip. They’ve also shared and re-shared posts that indicate the authenticity of the news.

The two gained popularity for years of prank content and comedic skits shared to their respective Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram pages.

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The scene in Southside, Central Kingston on Monday evening.

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The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), the police’s information arm, has confirmed that a man was shot and killed by a soldier or soldiers on Monday afternoon in ‘Southside’, Central Kingston in close proximity to a security checkpoint.

The police have not yet established the identity of the deceased, but he is said to be known as ‘Skillibeng’ in the community.

Unconfirmed reports are that he attempted to move a security barrier and subsequently got into an altercation with a soldier.

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He was reportedly shot during the altercation.

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The scene after the fatal shooting in Southside, Central Kingston on Monday afternoon.

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A video has emerged with some outline of the physical circumstances under which a man, so far known only as ‘Skillibeng’ (not the artiste, was fatally shot by a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier in Southside, Central Kingston on Monday afternoon.

Unconfirmed reports had suggested that the man had attempted to move a security barrier, and subsequently got into an altercation with a soldier.

It was further suggested that the man was shot during the altercation.

Watch the snippet of the video below showing the moments before the man was shot.

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Detectives from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (Region III) are awaiting instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on a parlour owner’s shooting death.

A few days ago, the police held a suspect, 32, who is from Rich Plain in Diego Martin.

Ajala Donaldson, 36, of Pleasantville, was gunned down in his parlour at Mahogany Avenue by a man posing as a customer around midday on November 25 last year.

The murder was captured on CCTV camera. The footage shows Donaldson putting an item on the counter while the killer put cash next to it.

As Donaldson turned around, the killer shot him several times. Before walking off, he took the item and the cash.

The parlour is at the front of Donaldson’s family’s home. Several relatives, including three children, were at home when the murder happened. No one else was injured.

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OPPOSITION MP Anita Haynes – who is serving as Speaker of the House at the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament – says she is enthused by what she’s heard and seen so far from the participants.

The youth parliament kicked off with debate on a bill titled the Remote Work Bill 2022, which seeks to allow work-from-home policies and a four-day work week.

The 56 participants, aged 18-29, are separated into two parties – the New Political Movement (government) and the National Labour Party (opposition) – and form the fictional government of “Kairi and Chaconia.”

The two sides weighed the pros and the cons of the bill for about 30 minutes until the debate was adjourned to Tuesday at 10am.

Speaking with Newsday, Haynes said it’s a learning experience not only for the young participants but also for established politicians.

“We are accustomed posing questions to the Speaker, not having to answer those questions, so it was an interesting experience.”

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“All of them have prepared thoroughly and they are prepared to get into the spirit of debating.

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France: entre canicules et Covid, un été 2022 meurtrier

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Un excès de mortalité estimé à plus de 10.000 décès. C’est le bilan de l’été en France, avec deux grands coupables: une épidémie persistante de Covid et, surtout, des canicules à répétition qui…

Un excès de mortalité estimé à plus de 10.000 décès. C’est le bilan de l’été en France, avec deux grands coupables: une épidémie persistante de Covid et, surtout, des canicules à répétition qui témoignent des effets meurtriers du réchauffement climatique.

Lors du deuxième été le plus chaud depuis 1900, il y a eu 10.420 décès en excès entre le 1er juin et le 15 septembre, selon une estimation donnée lundi soir par l’agence Santé publique France (SpF) dans un bilan “Canicule et santé”.

Une partie des décès excédentaires se concentre sur les trois épisodes de canicule: 2.816 enregistrés sur ces seules périodes.

Que signifie un excès de mortalité ? C’est le nombre de décès observé par rapport à celui attendu, établi en le comparant aux cinq étés/périodes précédentes, et ajusté en fonction du vieillissement démographique.

Le bilan de la surmortalité lors des canicules de 2022 est “le plus important depuis 2003”, année mémorable pour sa canicule de trois semaines d’affilée qui avait causé 15.000 décès, a souligné SpF. A la suite de cela, un plan national canicule avait été créé.

Une part de la surmortalité de l’ensemble de l’été 2022 (du 1er juin au 15 septembre) est aussi “vraisemblablement due à une exposition à de fortes chaleurs” sous “les seuils d’alerte canicule”. Il faudra attendre début 2023 pour avoir une estimation précise de leur rôle spécifique. 

Trois canicules

Si cet été a été spécialement chaud et sec, il a aussi été marqué par une recrudescence de Covid. 

Difficile de dissocier les deux. “Il y a une interaction complexe”, a résumé lors d’un point presse Guillaume Boulanger, responsable de l’unité “Qualité des milieux de vie et du travail et santé des populations” de SpF. “Le Covid-19 a pu augmenter la vulnérabilité à la chaleur pour certaines personnes”, et réciproquement.

D’autres éléments, comme des accidents de la route ou des noyades, ont pu influencer “mais à la marge” l’excès de mortalité.

Lors d’un été aux multiples manifestations de réchauffement climatique, la France a notamment traversé trois canicules “intenses et remarquables”: une en juin, d’une précocité inédite, une en juillet, la plus longue et qui a touché les deux tiers des Français, une dernière en août. 

Les 75 ans et plus ont été les plus touchés par la surmortalité dans ces périodes: un décès en excès sur six a concerné cette tranche d’âge (2.272 décès en excès, +20,2%). 

Géographiquement, aussi, les effets ont été inégaux. Quatre régions, principalement du sud de la France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle Aquitaine, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur) ont cumulé près des deux tiers de l’excès de décès national lors des canicules. 

Mais trois autres régions ont affiché les plus fortes proportions d’excès de mortalité: la  Bretagne, moins acclimatée aux canicules car peu affectée jusqu’à cette année, l’Ile-de-France, densément peuplée et urbanisée, et le Grand-Est.

Le corps humain éprouvé

Sept accidents du travail mortels “en lien possible avec la chaleur” ont aussi été notifiés. Survenus principalement lors d’une activité en extérieur, dont trois dans la construction, ils concernaient des hommes de 39 à 54 ans. 

Ce bilan confirme que les canicules, dont l’accumulation est un effet du réchauffement climatiques, sont meurtrières et que le phénomène s’accélère.

Sur les huit derniers étés, les canicules ont occasionné “plus de 10.500 décès en excès” en France, a observé Santé Publique France.

Mais même hors des périodes de canicules, les fortes chaleurs éprouvent le corps humain, davantage pour les populations à risque: enfants, personnes âgées, travailleurs, sportifs etc.

De début juin à mi-septembre, plus de 17.000 passages aux urgences et 3.500 consultations SOS Médecins ont ainsi été enregistrés en métropole.  

Les fortes vagues de chaleur ont touché toute l’Europe cet été, autant des pays coutumiers de ces phénomènes, comme l’Espagne, que d’autres, affectés pour la première fois, comme le Royaume-Uni.

Une première estimation publiée le 7 novembre par l’OMS Europe à l’occasion de la COP27, faisait état d’au moins 15.000 décès en Europe liés aux vagues de chaleurs d’un été également marqué par des sécheresses et incendies. “Le changement climatique nous tue déjà, mais une action forte aujourd’hui peut éviter davantage de morts”, a plaidé l’institution.

Le continent européen est celui qui se réchauffe le plus vite, enregistrant une hausse des températures plus de deux fois supérieure à la moyenne planétaire lors des trente dernières années, selon l’ONU.

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La Pastorale des artistes en pleine répétition. • DR

Ce mardi soir, la Pastorale des artistes, sous la direction d’Olivier Cypria-Coppet, fera vibrer la scène du Grand Carbet du parc floral, à l’occasion de la Sainte-Cécile, patronne des musiciens. 

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implication d’une vingtaine d’artistes, musiciens et chanteurs de
renom. On peut nom-mer : Claudine Pennont, Dominique Lorte, Emile
Naroyanin, Jacky Rapon, Joël Lutbert, Louisa Plumber ou encore Mali
et Orlane.

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Lebel, l’amour du pain depuis cinq générations

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La boulangerie-pâtisserie Lebel régale les Martiniquais de ses pains et gâteaux depuis cinq générations. Un savoir-faire artisanal et une enseigne qui font partie du patrimoine local.

La boulangerie-pâtisserie Lebel, c’est trois
adresses : deux au centre-ville de Fort-de-France, et une à
Clairière où est aussi installée la fabrication. Tôt le matin, une
dizaine de salariés s’affaire. De bonnes effluves viennent
chatouiller les narines et ouvrir l’appétit. Les clients s’y
pressent mais, même si la famille essaie toujours de faire plaisir
à tout le monde, les produits partent vite, il ne faut pas traîner
! « Nos clients sont très fidèles », se réjouit
Jean-François Lebel. Aujourd’hui, à 47 ans, c’est lui le patron. Il
représente la cinquième génération d’une saga qui débute au
XIXe siècle.

Une histoire commencée en 1890

C’est une femme qui est à l’origine de cette saga
familiale. Amélie Thérèse Lebel crée, en 1890, un commerce au
Lamentin. Elle fait de la boulangerie mais pas que, c’est aussi une
petite « boutique » à l’ancienne, elle y propose un peu
de tout. Elle transmet l’affaire à son neveu, François Lebel,
huissier de son état, qui abandonne tout pour se lancer dans ce
nouveau métier. Il décide de quitter le Lamentin pour installer une
boulangerie au 100 rue Victor-Hugo, à Fort-de-France. Elle y est
toujours. La qualité de ses produits séduit, il revisite le zakari,
le nom Lebel devient déjà une référence. Son épouse travaille avec
lui. Au décès de François, son fils Roland, ingénieur
électricien-mécanicien, reprend l’affaire. Il est aussi
représentant (et réparateur) en fours et autres matériels de
boulangerie sur toute la Martinique. Lucie, sa femme, quitte son
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La grève générale avait débuté le 22 novembre 2021 à l’appel de l’intersyndicale.  • JEAN-MARC ETIFIER

Le lundi 22 novembre 2021, débutait la grève générale contre l’obligation vaccinale, le pass sanitaire et la vie chère. Pendant près de deux semaines, la Martinique avait vécu au rythme des mobilisations, des blocages et des émeutes. Un an plus tard, retour sur cette crise sociale. 

«Si nous nous sommes installés ici, c’est qu’on
sait très bien que nous n’en avons pas terminé », assure Serge
Aribo. Le secrétaire général de l’UGTM, interrompu en pleine séance
de jardinage, nous reçoit dans une des cabanes colorées érigées
dans un champ en bordure de la Nationale 9 et du rond-point de la
Présence africaine. Un « village de la résistance » où
l’intersyndicale de la santé a pris ses quartiers depuis le blocage
du port l’année dernière*. Dès le 22 novembre, les accès en avaient
été totalement bloqués, jour et nuit, par des barrages et des
camions.

Une date qui concorde avec le début de la grève
générale qui avait secoué notre île il y a pile un an. À l’appel
des syndicats, les Martiniquais s’étaient mobilisés dans les rues
de Fort-de-France contre l’obligation vaccinale, le pass sanitaire
et la vie chère. Pendant onze jours, des barrages avaient été
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Tours oversubscribed as cruise ship brings 2,500 visitors to Tobago

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Tourists disembark the Rhapsody of the Seas cruise ship on Monday morning at the Scarborough port. – David Reid

OVER two thousand visitors arrived in Tobago on Monday morning aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas vessel ­– the second cruise ship call for the season.

Ground transport was one of the challenges experienced by visitors when the cruise ship docked at the Scarborough Port.

Speaking with Newsday, Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris said she was excited by the huge numbers subscribing to visit the island on the port calls.

“Yesterday I was excited. Today I am even more excited. We had a smaller vessel yesterday and today we see Rhapsody of the Seas making their first call to Tobago with over 2,500 passengers.”

Tourists from the Rhapsody of the Seas cruise ship check out a map of Tobago as they plan their tours with taxi drivers at the Scarborough port on Monday, – David Reid

She said she went aboard, went on a tour and spoke with the captain, who expressed his delight and pleasure at being able to call at Tobago, because he remembered visiting as a little boy.

“He’s from Sweden originally, and he visited back in 1991, so now he’s the captain of the ship and he’s happy to bring his passengers and his crew to experience what he experienced all those years (ago), which is Tobago’s charm, our beaches, our beautiful wildlife, our culture, our heritage, our food.”

Burris added: “I am just happy to see that we’ve finally fully opened (since the covid19 pandemic began). It is one thing to be able to begin to welcome airlift passengers, which we started doing in January, but this is the first time we’ve been able to welcome international passengers via sea. I’m just excited by the possibilities of us growing the sector once again and attracting more vessels of this size, certainly.”

She said big cruise ships do a lot for the island’s economy, giving the examples of busy taxi drivers and heavily subscribed tours on Monday morning.

She said Tobago had to sell its charms, and encourage visitors to return.”We have to ensure that the experience of the visitor is one that would encourage them to keep coming back to Tobago.”

Vice president of Transmax Maxi Taxi Association Dave Alleyne also alluded to the oversubscribed tours.

A tourist enjoys the cultural show from the Tobago Performing Arts Company at the Scarborough Port on Monday. – David Reid

“This morning, we actually see we ran out of transport.”

He said Argyle Waterfall, Charlotteville, Pigeon Point, Store Bay and Buccoo Reef were some of the most sought-after tours, and the drivers were excited to take visitors there as well.

“It’s approximately three years we didn’t get no business, so we are elated that we have this kind of business coming on. From yesterday, we feel good, we’re getting good business. We’ll be very glad if it continues like this, and we believe that once it continues so, we’ll be happier in Tobago where tourism is concerned.”

Identifying herself only as Beatrice, a Trinidadian living in Florida, said: “This is like my 12th cruise and my first for Tobago – I couldn’t miss it.

“I’m very impressed coming here, I’m very impressed. I love the welcome, I love the security. I feel safe, against all the odds that people are saying. But you know what? Welcome to Tobago, and let’s have fun.”

She said she had boarded the cruise in Barbados, and encouraged everyone to take a cruise and to try Tobago.

“Come take a cruise, come to Tobago, have fun, put some tourist money into Tobago – let’s do that.”

Shaquille and Jaleel Carter, both from Barbados, said it was their first time visiting the island.

“So we’re just looking around to see what’s what. We’re looking forward to going to the Argyle Waterfall.”

Brad and Carmen Cipriani visiting from Canada, were eager to explore.

“We left four feet of snow behind, so we’re excited to be here. It’s our first time here and I’ll like to say my first impression is that its very clean compared to many ports. We’ve been on 15 cruises all over the world and we’re very happy so far.”

Brad added: “This is our first trip since the covid19 pandemic…We love it here. We’ve been to Barbados four times, but this is our first time being here. We’re testing it out and see if we’ll like to come back for a holiday.”

With a total of 42 vessels and a projected 64,000 passengers expected, the first cruise ship, Silver Moon, docked on Sunday with 1,040 passengers and crew, signalling the start of the island’s 2022-2023 cruise ship season, which runs until April.

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